Geography

Intent

At Applebee Wood we seek to:

Stimulate pupils’ interests in their surroundings and in a variety of physical and human conditions of the earth’s surface.
Foster pupils’ sense of wonder at the beauty of the world around them.
Enhance pupils’ sense of responsibility to the world and its people around them

We aim to make Geography an enjoyable learning experience by

Studying a range of people, places and environments.
Researching the location of places and environments.
Studying Human and Physical geography processes.
Appreciating different scales – from personal and local to national and global.
Studying how economic, social and environmental factors affect issues.
Carrying out geographical inquiry- skills to plan the investigation, to collect, record, display and analyse the information.
Using a range of resources, including maps, atlases, photographs, satellite images, text and ICT.
In EYFS, Key Stages 1 and 2, Geography is taught alongside History in a topic based format. Pupils will complete a Geography topic in one half term and then a History topic the next half term.
In Key Stage 3, year 7 and 8 pupils have one 50 minute session a week which alternates between Geography / History each half term. Year 9 follow an accredited curriculum (AQA awards) and are taught History twice a week.
In KS4, Geography ASDAN Award for the formal class ( and finished by the end of year 10) whilst the semi-formal class follow the AQA Unit Awards.

To ensure that pupils have a wide knowledge of the world around them, and to have skills that will support them in the future lives.